MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
deals with
issues
relevant to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses.
Recent
gains in
online education are enabling
people
all over the world
to take online classes.
Massive open online courses are
customarily free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
There are a lot of
subjects that
online learning technology organizations
are having to deal with
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can we
make sure that
the quality control for these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can participants
ensure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOC classes?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
WizIQ to conduct these massively open online courses?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can organizations
get a handle on
poor
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world.
As distance learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
growing
demand
to grasp how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Researchers
and many other
stakeholders
need
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
significant new open education
experiments.
Public servants want
to better understand how
these MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To meet this
developing
need for
data
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This sensational new book
also studies the
key controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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